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Hitler meets secretly with his top military advisors
He wanted to grow nd prosper, taking over Austria and Czechoslovakia. One of his advisors said it could start war, he replied "The german question can be solved only by means of force, and this is never without risk." -
German troops march into Austria unopposed
Germany announced that its union with Ausria was complete. The united states did nothing to stop this. -
Signing of the munich agreement
This turned the sedetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired -
German troops poured into what was left of Czechoslovakia
This then leaded the german dictator to turn to poland -
Hitler begins his routine
stating that germans in poland were mistreated by the poles and needed his protection, people thought hitler was kidding. -
Fascist germany and communist russia commited to never attack eachother
Germany and soviet union signed a second pact, agreeing to divide poland. Nonagression pact - stalint and hitler -
German airforce roared over poland
Bombs on military, invasion was the first test of Germanys newest military strategy (Lightning war) -
Declaring war
Britain and france declared war on germany after the lightning war in poland -
Hitler launches invasion of denmark and norway
But really, he just wanted to build bases along the coasts to strike at Great Britain -
Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender
Germans got the north part of france, when the nazi controlled the south part of france -
Germans began to assemble on invasion fleet along the french coast
Germany also launched an air war at the same exact time -
2,000 german planes ranged over britain
This lasted until fall, first in aimed at air fields, and it eventually led to cities. -
RAF shot down 185 german planes
This lost 26 aircrafts
